Bicycle bundle-carrier



(No Model.)

A. W. DUCK. BIUYQL RUNDLI: CARRIER.

No. 594,683. Patented Nov. 30,1897.

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ATENT BICYCLE BUNDLE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part or Letters Patent No. 594,683, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed p il 2 3 l 8 9 '7- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ABRAM IV. DUCK, a citi-- zen of the United States, residing at Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Bicycle Bundle- Carriers; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a novel construction for bundle-carriers especially adapted for use upon bicycles.

It consists of a single piece of wire bent to be detachably engaged with the rear vertical forks of the bicycle-frame and having intermediate elastic convolutions which form the support for the bundle and serve to retain the device interlocked with the frame and at the same time yieldingly to allow it to be disengaged or to be compressed and folded when out of use.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, the figure shows the carrier attached to a bicycle.

In forming my carrier I take a wire of sufficient length and bend it about a form so that from the central bight A it is the shape of an elongated oval. The wires cross each other rearwardly at the apex of the oval at B. Then each of them is formed by one or more turns into a spiral 0, these spirals being normally separated two or three inches, more or less, transversely. From that point the wires are carried down upon each side, as shown at D, and are there bent slightly upward, as shown at E, and thence curved into an approximately semioylindrical loop form F. These loops are normally separated about six inches, more or less; but they may be engaged with the rear vertical bars of the bicycle-frame by compressing the wire frame thus formed transversely until the hooks can be engaged with the vertical standards G of the bicycle-frame. As soon as the pressure upon the device is released the hooks are retained in their position by this outward pressure, and as this engagement is above the transverse brace II of the frame the latter prevents the carrier from slipping any farther down the frame. A cord I is fixed into one of the spiral coils C, and this cord is passed over the bundle which is laid upon the wire framework, thence around the saddle-post, and returned to the other loop, where it may be fastened. The upturning of the wire at E allows the hooks F, which engage the vertical bars of the frame, to turn Serial No. 633,482. (No model.)

sufficiently to drop the carrier into an approximately horizontal position to receive its load, and when it is not in use this curvature allows it to be turned up close against the back of these standards G, and by passing the cord through'both of the loops C and drawing it tightly the loops may be drawn together so as to overlap, and the cord being wound around the saddle-post the carrier is drawn into a compressed and compact shape, entirely out of the way. To prevent chafing the uprights, I fit soft-rubber tubing over the curved or looped portions F, which fit the frame.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bundle or package carrier formed of a single piece of elastic wire bent at its center to form an elongated oval, the arms of the wire thence crossing each other at the apex of the oval and each formed with a spiral or coil, said arms being thence returned approximately parallel with the oval and having their free ends curved into hook form and adapted to engage the rear forks of the bicycle-frame.

2. A bundle-carrier consisting of a single piece of Wire bent centrally to form an elongated oval, the wires crossing each other at the apex of the oval and bent to form one or more turns of a spiral, thence continued forwardly in curves approximately parallel with the central loop, having the ends upturned and bent into outwardly-facing hooks adapted to detachably engage the vertical rear standards of a bicycle-frame and to lock the carrier thereto by elastic pressure. 3. A bicycle bundle-carrier consisting of a single wire bent to form a central elongated loop, the wires crossing each other at the rear portion of the oval and each formed into one or more turns of a spiral, thence returning in curves approximately parallel with the central oval, having the ends upturned and bent into outwardly-facing hooks to engage the vertical rear bars of. the bicyclesframe, and a cord attached to one of the spirals adapted to pass over the bundle around the saddle-post and returning attach to the other spiral.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ABRAM w. DUCK.

Witnesses:

GEo. H. $TRONG, MARTIN CARRICK.

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